Guest guest Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 I would suggest that you call the lab if you don't quite understand the instructions on there, they can be confusing. I know that someone at the lab, or Dr. Shane will explain it to you as it does depend on what kind of test you are doing with the petri dish. If you are doing an inside air you will also have to have another kit for the outside control. The inside air can be done a couple of ways. And if you are doing a bulk, if I remember right on the label it tells you to check off visual, etc. so you have to distinguish between the types you are doing to know what to check off, as location of sample taken is very important. I would call the lab, they are great there and will explain it too you. Darlene happyruiam <happyru@...> wrote: I just took a Mold test kit to my co-worker plus 2 baggies and some clear 1 inch tape. I didn't open the test kit to read instructions. Can someone tell me what the instructions are for the petrie dish for ProLab? AND also I was about 12 ft from the room where the Mold " WAS " and was there about 10 mins. and by the time I got home 10 mins max. I broke out in a huge bright red rash with blisters under my left breast!!! I'm on fire!!! I washed really well with vinigar and put a cold washrag compress on it. OUCH..... --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Thanks Darlene, I found a download for the directions, but I really have no idea if they were followed to tee. I dropped off the kit at 9 pm and went back for it at 11 pm. I have to rely on my co-workers' action. Was it suppose to stay where the collection was taken to incubate? It's sittng here in front of me. And I really dont think I would be able to get an outside sample, seeing how security is at every entrance and inbetween. I'll call the Lab...I also had him do 2 Tape samples and if they don't do tape samples, does anyone know of a lab that does? I just took a Mold test kit to my co-worker plus 2 baggies and some > clear 1 inch tape. I didn't open the test kit to read instructions. Can > someone tell me what the instructions are for the petrie dish for > ProLab? AND also I was about 12 ft from the room where the Mold " WAS " > and was there about 10 mins. and by the time I got home 10 mins max. I > broke out in a huge bright red rash with blisters under my left > breast!!! I'm on fire!!! I washed really well with vinigar and put a > cold washrag compress on it. OUCH..... > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 I just found a Test Lab located located very close to me. I had my husband take the Tape in and I should have a report within mins, and if I want they can upload the report to the web and I can print it out. How easy is that??? contact me for info. I just took a Mold test kit to my co-worker plus 2 baggies and some > clear 1 inch tape. I didn't open the test kit to read instructions. Can > someone tell me what the instructions are for the petrie dish for > ProLab? AND also I was about 12 ft from the room where the Mold " WAS " > and was there about 10 mins. and by the time I got home 10 mins max. I > broke out in a huge bright red rash with blisters under my left > breast!!! I'm on fire!!! I washed really well with vinigar and put a > cold washrag compress on it. OUCH..... > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 I had my husband tkae the 2 samples of Tape into a lab close to me. I had my co-worker also set out a petrie dish for an hour last night for collection. The lab just called and reported to me that the Tape lift was Chaetomium. 5 mins after I hung up the phone, the lab called back...it was the anylist himself calling, in somewhat of a concerned voice, he asked if I had the petrie dish anywhere close to me since I had mentioned it to the first person that called and how sick I was. I told him it was in a covered dish in a plastic bag, and bless his heart he sounded relieved, as he went WHEW, Ok Thats Good! how sweet he called back to check on me. He then said I could bring the petrie dish to them and they could finish growing it out for me and add that to my report, which is on a legal form. the young man () and I had a nice convo and he said he had books at the lab if I wanted to review them. He also said he has seen many sick people due to MOLD. I told him to be very carefull in doing his work and he assured me that he was... the sample was dropped off at around 12 noon and I had a report back 4 hours and 4 mins later. I > just took a Mold test kit to my co-worker plus 2 baggies and some > > clear 1 inch tape. I didn't open the test kit to read > instructions. Can > > someone tell me what the instructions are for the petrie dish for > > ProLab? AND also I was about 12 ft from the room where the > Mold " WAS " > > and was there about 10 mins. and by the time I got home 10 mins > max. I > > broke out in a huge bright red rash with blisters under my left > > breast!!! I'm on fire!!! I washed really well with vinigar and put > a > > cold washrag compress on it. OUCH..... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 He charged $50.00 for 2 seperate baggie, 3inch long clear tape specimens and he also said if I bring the petrie dish in he would include that in with the same chain-of-custody along with hopefully more definet info and present me with a total legal document. I thought that was exceptional, and also remarkably exceptional, was his concern and personal attention to the possible dangers of immediate health. If it's OK with KC and I have his permission, I can reccomend them and post their HTTP I > > just took a Mold test kit to my co-worker plus 2 baggies and some > > > clear 1 inch tape. I didn't open the test kit to read > > instructions. Can > > > someone tell me what the instructions are for the petrie dish > for > > > ProLab? AND also I was about 12 ft from the room where the > > Mold " WAS " > > > and was there about 10 mins. and by the time I got home 10 mins > > max. I > > > broke out in a huge bright red rash with blisters under my left > > > breast!!! I'm on fire!!! I washed really well with vinigar and > put > > a > > > cold washrag compress on it. OUCH..... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 P.S. I don't know what kind, but I can surely tell you it's the kind that caused extreme and severe health damages to myself and co- workers, and whats sad is my co-workers are still using this room. I just took a Mold test kit to my co-worker plus 2 baggies and some > clear 1 inch tape. I didn't open the test kit to read instructions. Can > someone tell me what the instructions are for the petrie dish for > ProLab? AND also I was about 12 ft from the room where the Mold " WAS " > and was there about 10 mins. and by the time I got home 10 mins max. I > broke out in a huge bright red rash with blisters under my left > breast!!! I'm on fire!!! I washed really well with vinigar and put a > cold washrag compress on it. OUCH..... > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 I'll tell you what I remember from using them myself. I've used alot of them but I haven't read the instructions in about a year, and I have my own 'add on' things I do. I take culture dish into room I am testing. I don't open it or prepare it in different room. I quickly pour liquid into dish and put lid back on. It has to sit for about an hour to set up. You can let it sit longer than that but at least an hour. Now you have to decide placement. If its a room I use alot, I put about where I sit or where my head is, as close as possible to where my freq exposure would be and take lid off. Be sure to put LID so that it is will not ALSO collect mold or particles too, facing down. It says to time it for an hour. Write down time and place and exact time it was exposed when done. You need to creat AT LEAST what would mimic a 'normal amount' or turbulence to the air or MORE, or mold spores there may stay SETTLED if room air is very quiet, no people in it, no furnace running. If forced air, you can turn the fan to 'on'/'constant on', rather than auto. If no forced air, you may need to be creative, fan on low. I've held it in my hand and walked around with it but that can get tedious for an hour!!! I hold them myself for a week and look at results myself. You usually see something growing in 2-3 days if you caught any but professionals here say that some mold may take longer, so I keep it longer if not much grows. Also you should know ProLab uses one type of culture that only will detect a specific range of molds, so all molds will not be detected. It just gives you an idea of 'moldiness' of room. If you suspect mold for other reason, you should use other type of tests to determine or other types of culture plates. Dallas Environmental clinic in Dallas uses a different media that ProLab and I get different result from the Dallas plates, and usually a higher count. Their media they say is targeted for molds that cause health effects. For example, ProLab didn't pick up any 'mucor sp' in my house which can cause systemic infection in immune deficient people but the Dallas plates picked up a high count. Apparently frequent spot it is found is horse hair and I am LITERALLY surrounded by horsehair in this old house: all plaster made the old fashioned way with horsehair backing and all floors carpeted with horsehair padding underneath. So ProLab plate didn't tell me that. Someone here gave me an idea to put over cold air return...perhaps Carl? That will catch more mold since air is being pulled into the cold air return. I ALWAYS put one over the cold air return/s to get picture of overall condition of air in general and put one in specific rooms to give me an idea of what the air is like in places I frequent the most. Some here take take the grill off of cold air return and pick the dust up inside of cold air return with scotch tape and send that off for analysis. You hardly ever dust inside the cold air return so this is excellent location, so this is probably excellent way to test. I never send the plate off to ProLab for analysis since there is mixed review on quality of results, so I just use them to get an idea. I hope this helps. Consider: Many people here don't like ProLab, I'm no expert, and I have not read the other posts, so if anything here is a repeat, excuse me. > > I just took a Mold test kit to my co-worker plus 2 baggies and some > clear 1 inch tape. I didn't open the test kit to read instructions. Can > someone tell me what the instructions are for the petrie dish for > ProLab? AND also I was about 12 ft from the room where the Mold " WAS " > and was there about 10 mins. and by the time I got home 10 mins max. I > broke out in a huge bright red rash with blisters under my left > breast!!! I'm on fire!!! I washed really well with vinigar and put a > cold washrag compress on it. OUCH..... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 So, I asked my co-worker to do the tape lift in and around where the wall was replaced and known to have ...and I'll say once again A HUGE GROWTH of MOLD. He and I both saw it at the same time... he was the one who pulled back the cabinet. with all of the " KNOWN FACTS " surronding this MOLD... which was Water Damage CAUSED BY a Toilet Overflow and I say again MANY TIMES ...it soaked into the wall over years time!! I used a lab thats very close to me and I have no reason to doubt their findings. I have the Petrie Dish and the sample was prepared in the same room and left to sit out for an hour, this was on Thursday and I already see growth. I feel very confident in any answer I get back as they ARE an Accredited LAB. As you can all imagine, if any of you know about Chaetomium, as I have just recently read and learned..it's right up there with the worst, and all my co-workers that have died... and with me stuck in the middle, It's not too comforting... with the rest of my co-workers are working STILL in that room. It just breaks my heart to know that they are exposed and I'm not able to stop it. The Health Department DOESN'T CARE = (BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS) Cal-OSHA DOESN'T CARE = (BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS) Hospital Licensing Board DOESN'T CARE = (BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS) My Congress Person DOESN'T CARE = (BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS) AND MY EMPLOYER = I just can't find the words to describe the disgust And whomever else I contacted and was shot down... just dispicable --- In , " Carl E. Grimes " <grimes@...> wrote: > > Group, > > The reason Barb is getting useful results (for her) is she doesn't > take just 1 or 2 samples and conclude the whole house is safe or not > safe. She developed her own set of consistent procedures to develop > additional information, not definitive data. > > Twenty plus years ago when I first started sampling, the labs didn't > exist like they do today. I developed a method with one of the local > labs. We both knew it wouldn't provide analytical (exact) data but we > experimented to find a set of consistent procedures so we could > compare data from one place to another. Even that had huge variables > and room for error. But it provided a comparative database with some > useful information. As soon as Aerotech, P & K and EmLab started going > I switched to them. But I had to create a whole new baseline for my > comparative database. > > Carl Grimes > Healthy Habitats LLC > > ----- > > I'll tell you what I remember from using them myself. I've used alot > > of them but I haven't read the instructions in about a year, and I have > > my own 'add on' things I do. > > I take culture dish into room I am testing. I don't open it or prepare > > it in different room. I quickly pour liquid into dish and put lid back > > on. It has to sit for about an hour to set up. You can let it sit > > longer than that but at least an hour. > > Now you have to decide placement. If its a room I use alot, I put > > about where I sit or where my head is, as close as possible to where my > > freq exposure would be and take lid off. Be sure to put LID so that it > > is will not ALSO collect mold or particles too, facing down. It says > > to time it for an hour. Write down time and place and exact time it > > was exposed when done. > > You need to creat AT LEAST what would mimic a 'normal amount' or > > turbulence to the air or MORE, or mold spores there may stay SETTLED if > > room air is very quiet, no people in it, no furnace running. If forced > > air, you can turn the fan to 'on'/'constant on', rather than auto. If > > no forced air, you may need to be creative, fan on low. I've held it > > in my hand and walked around with it but that can get tedious for an > > hour!!! > > I hold them myself for a week and look at results myself. You usually > > see something growing in 2-3 days if you caught any but professionals > > here say that some mold may take longer, so I keep it longer if not > > much grows. Also you should know ProLab uses one type of culture that > > only will detect a specific range of molds, so all molds will not be > > detected. It just gives you an idea of 'moldiness' of room. If you > > suspect mold for other reason, you should use other type of tests to > > determine or other types of culture plates. Dallas Environmental > > clinic in Dallas uses a different media that ProLab and I get different > > result from the Dallas plates, and usually a higher count. Their media > > they say is targeted for molds that cause health effects. For example, > > ProLab didn't pick up any 'mucor sp' in my house which can cause > > systemic infection in immune deficient people but the Dallas plates > > picked up a high count. Apparently frequent spot it is found is horse > > hair and I am LITERALLY surrounded by horsehair in this old house: all > > plaster made the old fashioned way with horsehair backing and all > > floors carpeted with horsehair padding underneath. So ProLab plate > > didn't tell me that. > > Someone here gave me an idea to put over cold air return...perhaps > > Carl? That will catch more mold since air is being pulled into the > > cold air return. > > I ALWAYS put one over the cold air return/s to get picture of overall > > condition of air in general and put one in specific rooms to give me an > > idea of what the air is like in places I frequent the most. > > Some here take take the grill off of cold air return and pick the dust > > up inside of cold air return with scotch tape and send that off for > > analysis. You hardly ever dust inside the cold air return so this is > > excellent location, so this is probably excellent way to test. > > I never send the plate off to ProLab for analysis since there is mixed > > review on quality of results, so I just use them to get an idea. > > I hope this helps. > > Consider: Many people here don't like ProLab, I'm no expert, and I have > > not read the other posts, so if anything here is a repeat, excuse me. > > > > --- In , " happyruiam " <happyru@> wrote: > > > > > > I just took a Mold test kit to my co-worker plus 2 baggies and some > > > clear 1 inch tape. I didn't open the test kit to read instructions. > > Can > > > someone tell me what the instructions are for the petrie dish for > > > ProLab? AND also I was about 12 ft from the room where the Mold " WAS " > > > and was there about 10 mins. and by the time I got home 10 mins max. > > I > > > broke out in a huge bright red rash with blisters under my left > > > breast!!! I'm on fire!!! I washed really well with vinigar and put a > > > cold washrag compress on it. OUCH..... > > > > > > > > > > > > > FAIR USE NOTICE: > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 That's good to hear. I don't have my test results at easy reach but I think they have found a mold in same family, Rhizopus sp but not in significant number. However I do not send ProLab plates off for analysis anymore, so if problem of mucor or rhizopus is increasing, that might account for not seeing it in results of ProLab plates. I have small leak around chimney that has come back or was never satisfactorily solved I just discovered a recently in a room usually unoccupied. So water there on occasion is coming through plaster celing of room and wetting horsehair plaster, so count could possibily going up from that. I have run side by side test with ProLab and Dallas plates though and the Dallas plate grows more mold in my tests. They are cheaper also. I buy the ProLab for 10.00 a piece. If I send them off for analysis, I include an additional 30.00. The Dallas plates are 25.00 a piece and that includes the analysist, so I always send the Dallas plates off for results because I've already paid for analysis and that's why I frequently get ProLab. First I can get them conveniently and secondly I can get visual results in a few days and not go into the extra expense of analysis if I not interested or don't have the time, like when I was searching for an apartment. This is my experience. For the condition you are testing, the ProLab may catch what you've got, and you might not gain any additional information from a different plate. I tried to 'catch' mold in a plate at my office desk a number of times with ProLab plates and didn't catch any, so sent off for Dallas plates and each of the two plates caught ONE SPORE each. So RESULTS were what I would consider the same...very few mold *spores in air there, zero versus a single spore. Any plate with zero results or low results, like zero, I kept for a very long time too, a few weeks. Those two plates that caught one spore never grew any more mold. The one spore caught just got very, very big, so my experience with Dallas plates is I get more mold. I have also bought them and although advice is to use them right away, I've hung on to them for weeks since I had nothing more to test (ordered extra to save on shipping cost) and nothing grew in them while sitting in box so higher results are not due to contamination of dishes in my experience with Dallas medium plates. I have only used ProLab and Dallas plates and not tested any other methods myself. I have had professionals though so I have not depended just on diy plates. > > Barb, Pro-lab picked up the Mucor here, amongst other molds. Darlene > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 LiveSimply, I am no longer working. I lost all of my muscle strength and was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, Thyroid Damage and Asthma. I've had L Kidney pain for 7 months now and my left foot and ankle swell up like an elephant. My blood is so thin, I have blood spots under my skin. None of the Dr's want to address the MOLD Issue. It's hard to find a sympathetic Dr, as most are arrogant with huge ego's and don't tell them anything because they know it all alredy. If I present them with any printed out material, they refuse to even considder looking at it. SAD. I consider them to be neglegent and and go as far as to acuse them with denial of care! > > > The Health Department DOESN'T CARE = (BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS) > > Cal-OSHA DOESN'T CARE = (BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS) > > Hospital Licensing Board DOESN'T CARE = (BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS) > > My Congress Person DOESN'T CARE = (BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS) > > AND MY EMPLOYER = I just can't find the words to describe the disgust > > And whomever else I contacted and was shot down... just dispicable > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Thanks a, and a BIG Thanks to all of you here at . It has been comforting to say the very least, for the support, advice and understanding thats presented here. Hugzzzz to you all!!! > > It's sad, frustrating, criminal, reckless,unacceptable, behavior for a hospital no less. To expose its personnel, patients, and anybody else going into that area. The good news is you figured it out and your doing something about it. The bad news you got sick and I'm sure others have suffered as well. I hope you are able to shine one big light on the problem so that others don't have to go through all that you have been through. It takes someone with a strong heart and a little will power to help make a change. I think your that someone. > Were with you Gail. > a > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 I have a Pro Lab Petrie Dish.. which I assume is what you are referring to as a plate? I've never done this before, so i'm not quite sure what to look for. It's been approx. 60 hours since the plate was left out and I can see small bubbles now with black growth inside the bubbles... Is that what it's suppose to look like if you have a positive growth?? and also does it matter if you keep the plate out in the light?? or is dark better? > > That's good to hear. I don't have my test results at easy reach but I > think they have found a mold in same family, Rhizopus sp but not in > significant number. However I do not send ProLab plates off for > analysis anymore, so if problem of mucor or rhizopus is increasing, > that might account for not seeing it in results of ProLab plates. I > have small leak around chimney that has come back or was never > satisfactorily solved I just discovered a recently in a room usually > unoccupied. So water there on occasion is coming through plaster > celing of room and wetting horsehair plaster, so count could possibily > going up from that. > > I have run side by side test with ProLab and Dallas plates though and > the Dallas plate grows more mold in my tests. They are cheaper also. > I buy the ProLab for 10.00 a piece. If I send them off for analysis, I > include an additional 30.00. The Dallas plates are 25.00 a piece and > that includes the analysist, so I always send the Dallas plates off for > results because I've already paid for analysis and that's why I > frequently get ProLab. First I can get them conveniently and secondly > I can get visual results in a few days and not go into the extra > expense of analysis if I not interested or don't have the time, like > when I was searching for an apartment. This is my experience. For the > condition you are testing, the ProLab may catch what you've got, and > you might not gain any additional information from a different plate. > > I tried to 'catch' mold in a plate at my office desk a number of times > with ProLab plates and didn't catch any, so sent off for Dallas plates > and each of the two plates caught ONE SPORE each. So RESULTS were what > I would consider the same...very few mold *spores in air there, zero > versus a single spore. Any plate with zero results or low results, > like zero, I kept for a very long time too, a few weeks. Those two > plates that caught one spore never grew any more mold. The one spore > caught just got very, very big, so my experience with Dallas plates is > I get more mold. I have also bought them and although advice is to use > them right away, I've hung on to them for weeks since I had nothing > more to test (ordered extra to save on shipping cost) and nothing grew > in them while sitting in box so higher results are not due to > contamination of dishes in my experience with Dallas medium plates. > > I have only used ProLab and Dallas plates and not tested any other > methods myself. I have had professionals though so I have not depended > just on diy plates. > > --- In , Darlene <darlenesb2000@> wrote: > > > > Barb, Pro-lab picked up the Mucor here, amongst other molds. Darlene > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Bubbles wouldn't be part of mold growth but when you pour media into petrie dish (which I called a plate) sometimes air gets in there and you have bubbles in media. Anyway since you haven't done before, I would send results off to lab to decide. Mold usually forms round-ish colonies of various colors and different textures. I count how many 'colonies' form in 3-7 days. I have heard doctors of people allergic to mold to try to get mold count in house down to 5 or less colonies caught in one hour of exposure so I use that. The less the better. Also good sign is if each mold looks different than the other. All of same type could indicate a colony close by that is growing it. 5 colonies that all look different is more like you would find outside, not near any particular source. > > I have a Pro Lab Petrie Dish.. which I assume is what you are > referring to as a plate? I've never done this before, so i'm not > quite sure what to look for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Price of mold test kits from Dallas Environmental Center have gone up to 115.00 for 4 kits, which is still less than ProLab if you are going to send ProLab plates off for analysis. http://tinyurl.com/23x6h7 > > Bubbles wouldn't be part of mold growth but when you pour media into > petrie dish (which I called a plate) sometimes air gets in there and Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Gail, this is picture of a culture plate exposed at a condo I was thinking of renting. To my eyes I count 8 spores. 4-5 obvious and then the fluffy one looks like it has an additional barely visible dark center below the obvious one, so I think that is two, one on top of the other. Then there is one second small white dot under the left mold and seems a couple half circles coming from underneath the right one. This is about 7-10 days growth. Although I'd like to have less mold, I don't think this is a bad plate since it is greatly varied. Condo is in old building with double hung, loose windows with no storm window, so air leaky and the variety of mold here I would think from outside because just getting one or two of this and that. Gives you some idea of what it looks like when they grow. If they were all exactly alike, might indictate a colony growing nearby. If there is a big one and a bunch of tiny ones that look exactly like it, it could have had babies and you should probably rerun test. Sometimes they multiple inside of dish. It looks like a mama mold and tiny babies. All the tiny ones are of exact same appearance and size/age?...hehe. http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r216/barb1283/GarretStreet020.jpg http://tinyurl.com/3a2ctb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Thanks barb, That helped!! and thats a great price too. My husband is going to drop off the Plate at the Lab tomorrow and I'll report the findings ASAP . > > > > Bubbles wouldn't be part of mold growth but when you pour media into > > petrie dish (which I called a plate) sometimes air gets in there and > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Thanks barb, and eeeeeewwww... The Plate I had my husband take to the lab today had nothing showing of that sort... so far that I could see, after 4 days. I may have someone else set another Plate out for me. I am quite satisfied with the Tape Lift report as I have read up and have seen web pictures of Chaetomium. It looks and is described exactly as what I and my co- workers were exposed to in concentrated porportions, and I suspect for more than 1 year by the health problems I and my co-workers presented with.But known definate exposure was 3 weeks. > > Gail, this is picture of a culture plate exposed at a condo I was > thinking of renting. To my eyes I count 8 spores. 4-5 obvious and > then the fluffy one looks like it has an additional barely visible > dark center below the obvious one, so I think that is two, one on top > of the other. Then there is one second small white dot under the > left mold and seems a couple half circles coming from underneath the > right one. This is about 7-10 days growth. Although I'd like to > have less mold, I don't think this is a bad plate since it is greatly > varied. Condo is in old building with double hung, loose windows > with no storm window, so air leaky and the variety of mold here I > would think from outside because just getting one or two of this and > that. Gives you some idea of what it looks like when they grow. If > they were all exactly alike, might indictate a colony growing > nearby. If there is a big one and a bunch of tiny ones that look > exactly like it, it could have had babies and you should probably > rerun test. Sometimes they multiple inside of dish. It looks like a > mama mold and tiny babies. All the tiny ones are of exact same > appearance and size/age?...hehe. > > http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r216/barb1283/GarretStreet020.jpg > > http://tinyurl.com/3a2ctb > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 It is pathetic to think of the United States now compared to 4 or 5 decades ago. We were a world leader with respected science. As far as mold is concerned and how to deal with its presence- Canada has passed us up with copious literature, legislative directives and a much more open and forthright methodology in place both scientifically and politically. No, I am not saying they are perfect. But they passed us up as if we were a third world country on this topic. > > > The Health Department DOESN'T CARE = (BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS) > > Cal-OSHA DOESN'T CARE = (BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS) > > Hospital Licensing Board DOESN'T CARE = (BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS) > > My Congress Person DOESN'T CARE = (BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS) > > AND MY EMPLOYER = I just can't find the words to describe the disgust > > And whomever else I contacted and was shot down... just dispicable > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 hehe. It's nothing you'd like to think of breathing, is it? However if you put a plate outdoors you will get something like this but probably more mold...at least around my neighborhood with alot of shade trees. The difference is the toxins aren't concentrated outdoors but are diluted in the atmosphere. > > Thanks barb, > and eeeeeewwww... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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